Hibiscus ludwigii Eckl. & Zeyh.

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (3)

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Chinaka, Juliasdale

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:	Hibiscus macranthus Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status:
Description:	Robust shrub-like perennial herb up to 2–3 m tall; stems sparsely to very densely setose. Leaves suborbicular in outline, up to 8 × 8 cm, obscurely or distinctly 3–5-lobed, setose-hairy on both surfaces, especially on the veins, base cordate or subcordate; margin crenate-serrate; petiole up to 7 cm long ; stipules 4–5 mm long, filiform. Flowers up to 7 cm. in diameter, yellow with purple centre, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves and forming racemes at the apices of the stems; peduncle up to 15 mm long, stellate-setose, articulated near the base. Epicalyx of 5 ovate-lanceolate to narrowly triangular bracts, up to 25 mm long, joined for c. 4–5 mm at the base. Calyx shorter than or equalling the epicalyx, pubescent; lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, joined to nearly half-way. Petals obovate, up to 7 × 6 cm, pubescent. Capsule ellipsoid, 22 mm long, densely stellate-setose.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat:
Altitude range:
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Growth form(s):	Perennial, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 204. Exell, A.W. (1961). Malvaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 461. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 60.

Other sources of information about Hibiscus ludwigii:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Hibiscus ludwigii
Flora of Zambia: Hibiscus ludwigii
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hibiscus ludwigii

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hibiscus ludwigii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hibiscus ludwigii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hibiscus ludwigii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hibiscus ludwigii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hibiscus ludwigii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hibiscus ludwigii
JSTOR Plant Science: Hibiscus ludwigii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hibiscus ludwigii
Plants of the World Online: Hibiscus ludwigii
Tropicos: Hibiscus ludwigii
Wikipedia: Hibiscus ludwigii